OpenAI disrupted an Iranian influence campaign that published AI articles across a dozen publications.
One ChatGPT-written article landed in a local Florida newspaper under a fake “Ervin Hoskins” byline, as reported by The Washington Post:
TL;DR
- OpenAI disrupted an Iranian influence campaign using AI-generated articles.
- One ChatGPT-written article was published in a Florida newspaper under a fake byline.
- The campaign involved users sending instructions to the chatbot in Persian.
- OpenAI identified the operation as a 'for-hire influence campaign'.
- Russian accounts linked to a fake Latin American think tank were also banned.